Different publications have different ways of formatting references in the Reference section at the end of a paper:
Nature Reviews: Jones, P. A. & Laird, P. W. Cancer epigenetics comes of age. Nature Genet. 21, 163–167 (1999).
Nature Genetics: Jones, P. & Laird, P. Cancer epigenetics comes of age. Nat. Genet. 21, 163-167 (1999).
Cell: Jones, P. & Laird, P. (1999). Cancer epigenetics comes of age. Nat. Genet. 21, 163–167.
Cancer Research: Jones P. A., Laird P. W. Cancer epigenetics comes of age. Nat. Genet., 21: 163-167, 1999.
Different publications have different ways of formatting in-line references in the text:
(Jones and Laird, 2011)
(Jones & Laird, 2011)
“yadda yadda yadda [1]”
(Jones et al., 2012)
“Jones et al. 2000 …”
Mendeley is (FREE) software that collects and organizes your references
It also interfaces with Word and automagically formats your in-line references and reference list with the click of a button
Download at: https://www.mendeley.com/download-desktop/
Mendeley consists of two parts:
In the “References” tab of Word, you will now see the “Mendeley Cite-O-Matic” menu
This is how you insert in-line citations into text and insert a bibliography (reference list) at the end of your paper
You can choose different formats and with the click of a button, Mendeley will reformat all references
1. Download software (desktop and word)
2. Create an account
3. Download web extension (if possible)
4. Create a folder for your capstone in Mendeley
5. Download or collect citations from some papers
6. Practice citing in Word
7. Create a bibliography in Word
8. Correct a citation (e.g. title in all caps)
It will make your life soooo much easier
You will not lose points
From the company: https://www.mendeley.com/guides
A Beginner’s Guide (U of Otago): https://otago-med.libguides.com/mendeley